Still, in recent weeks, Father Rafferty may have provided the most striking tribute yet to Mr. Carlin's influence.
"Chinon," a panoramic view painted on a monumental scale in 1987 is perhaps the most striking tribute paid by Mr. Richter to much admired predecessors.
With one paper model and an array of regalia including footwear, fatigues, hats and suits, the updated paper doll collection pays homage to the diversity of females working in the armed forces while drawing their stories together in one striking tribute.
This stern but elegant image is preserved in the many portraits of himself that Kirstein commissioned; Jamie Wyeth's striking mock-Sargent tribute, now in the Smithsonian, best conveys the way in which Kirstein had himself become a highly conscious work of art.
But it was two new pieces by György Kurtág and Wolfgang Rihm, both performed with unwavering conviction by the young players of the Academy Orchestra, that were the most subtle, striking, and moving tributes to Boulez's life and music.
But Mr. Bowery died in 1994, and perhaps Mr. Clark has kept his striking designs as a tribute.
Here, songs by Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane sit comfortably alongside Iyer's unique compositional voice, including the striking "Hood," which pays tribute to minimalist techno DJ and producer Robert Hood with a tangled valentine to the propulsive vitality of rhythm.
The film pays loving tribute to the striking machinists at Ford's motor plant via the vehicle of the bawdily unreconstructed class-war farce, referencing everything from The Rag Trade to the Boulting brothers' I'm All Right, Jack to Carry On at Your Convenience.
Even more striking is the Second Symphony, a tribute to Copernicus, which pivots from a brutally dissonant opening section to a liturgically chanting climax.
Adjoining the Legoland tribute to activists is the most visually striking portion of the exhibit -- a snarling (or smiling?) Chinese dragon kite suspended in flight.
Seven striking abstract paintings, each measuring 12 by 7 feet, pay tribute to the seven deadly sins: pride, envy, wrath, avarice, lust, gluttony and sloth.
